A Taliban delegation has met with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict, the militant group said Saturday, in the first official confirmation of talks between the two sides. The meeting with Khalilzad and other American officials took place on Friday, the Taliban said in ...
A motorcycle bomb targeting supporters of a female election candidate in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to strike a political gathering. Another 32 people were wounded in the explosion in Takhar province where parliamentary candidate Nazifa Yousefibek had been campaigning, provincial ...
